Board 8 > The Huffington Post is totally stealing my ideas [Ron Paul]

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Ron Paul people are the worst.

My neighbor has had a giant Ron Paul 2008 sign in his yard since 2007.

Just saw an interview with Ron Paul on PBS*. Paul talked up being opposed to corporatism, but when the interviewer asked him how this squares with his rejection of regulations and what would be there to stop corporations from running amuck, he just replied that "The free market would make sure that companies wouldn't be propped up by bailouts if they couldn't make money." which doesn't really have anything to do with the question at hand.



*Link if anyone's interested: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec11/ronpaul_07-20.html
Not anything particularly noteworthy though.

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yeah, this "de-regulate the market to make corporations better" is a huge disconnect from reality. we've had less regulated markets in the US before and the results were worse for consumers and workers across the board.

communists gonna hate!

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110722005900/en/Ron-Paul-Competitive-Obama-Poll

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Rasmussen

lol okay

And earlier this year in a survey by CNN he does the best out of the other Republicans put up against Obama in a head to head poll.

Uh, yeah, he's not the only one getting these results.

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those polls are telling you entirely different pieces of information!

one tells you that he's within striking distance of Obama (Rasmussen), the other just tells you that he's better than the other Republican candidates. the difference is 7 points in the CNN poll, which I find a lot more believable. considering how far off Rasmussen is from the other major polls every go around, I'm surprised anyone but Fox News even mentions their name!

Also, I'm not quite sure what you're attempting to imply.

If you're going the traditional route and attempting to smear Rasmussen by implying he's some sort of GOP stooge, then why on Earth would he be delivering results that benefit Ron Paul? The GOP and Fox News hate Ron Paul. Even Glenn Beck is making a concerted effort to pretend he doesn't exist.

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emergency bump!

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http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/87556.html

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Diet Water | Posted 7/11/2011 9:30:30 PM | message detail | quote
Ron Paul blurs the lines between Dems and Repubs. I'm gonna vote for him so I can talk about smoking blunts on Gamefaqs without bull s*** moderations.

It's unlikely that discussing weed will become legal on GameFAQs if it becomes legal in the US. Keep in mind that even if weed was legal in the US, it's still going to be illegal in almost every other country.

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Well, I was planning on going Republican for the primaries. Ron Paul seems like a good choice.

Of course, I'm an Independant not a Democrat.

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It's unlikely that discussing weed will become legal on GameFAQs if it becomes legal in the US. Keep in mind that even if weed was legal in the US, it's still going to be illegal in almost every other country.

Being based in the United States, I would think that decisions on moderating based on "illegal activities" would depend on US law, not "almost every other country"

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Luster,

Who are you supporting?

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http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/29/video-debt-is-the-problem-says-rep-ron-paul/?iref=allsearch

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http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/59886834

Just in case you miss this gem.

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Somehow I mysteriously did miss it!

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Ron Paul voted against the phony debt ceiling "compromise" which does not in fact cut spending by any rational definition.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/174953-rep-paul-introduces-bill-to-cancel-public-debt-held-by-the-fed

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lol paul

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A greater percentage Democrats voted against the debt ceiling compromise than Republicans.

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http://www.theonion.com/articles/drunken-ben-bernanke-tells-everyone-at-neighborhoo,21059/

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Being Bernanke is suffering.

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Ron!

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The two parry system is a sham...ron paul being the exception. he is the only viable candidate and really the only hope for our nation to turn around.

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damn right

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xfd, terrible fake compromise may fool the masses but it won't fool the s&p

downgrade tiem. dive! dive! Hope you all raised some cash over the last week!

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and Ron Paul is not against the right of choice for women, he just has a hands off aproach and will let the states decide most issues like that...

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The two parry system is a sham...ron paul being the exception.

Ron Paul is a member of one of the "two sham parties." Why is he the exception?

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Paul is not a true republican, he is only using the party as a platform. It is his best chance of getting elected.

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xfd

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/07/2-years-ago-today-obama-says-hes-responsible-for-economy-give-it-to-me-video/

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Im actually NOT prepared with a Ron Paul related link today!

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"Government can’t provide the safety and economic security that it claims. The so-called good that government claims it can deliver is always achieved at the expense of someone else’s freedom." – Ron Paul, July 3, 2008

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http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/08/ron-paul-on-what-sets-him-apart.html

Earlier at the same event, Rand Paul introduced his family and offered a challenge to the family of Mitt Romney, one of his father's rivals for the Republican presidential nomination. Paul said he would like to play a game of baseball against the Romney family in Ames on Saturday.

I'd pay to see this!

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hah!



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spoilers he won

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He's not exactly an inspiring speaker, but the ideas are inspiring enough.



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I dunno, I like it when people have that casual confidence when they speak, like they know they know what they're talking about and don't feel the need project an aura authority and rant and rave and rile the crowd up. People always go on about what a great orator Obama is but I think his manner of speaking makes him sound like an idiot. Trying too hard sort of thing.

Probably in the minority on this.

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Well, you're right, but only to a certain extent.

GWB is a good example of what you're talking about I think. He wasn't the most eloquent speaker in the world, but overall he still did okay and was still a good politician in terms of giving speeches.

Ron Paul just isn't. He comes across as awkward. He has the public speaking ability of a regular person rather than someone who has spent their whole life trying to become a professional politician.

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I think the problem with Ron Paul is that he always makes sure to give a flat answer somewhere in his explanations. People think he's going to "trample abortion rights" when really he just opposes abortion at a personal level. There is no constitutional amendment that makes abortion illegal, so he won't prevent anyone from having one. He doesn't believe in gay marriage, but he doesn't think the federal government should step in and tell people who they can marry.

Ron Paul is EASILY the most sound mind on the economy, and has been for some time. He's been trying to audit the fed for a loooong time now, and only now has anyone else really jumped on that thought process with him. Seriously, he's just too sensible for our country. We want to give the rich more and let them trample all over our rights and lives simply because they have the money/power to. When people want to take a stand and get their country back from the 1% who runs the show, he'll be the perfect man to help us do so. Unfortunately, we're all just too pacified to realize how far that pole is being stuck up our ass.

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I like how Ron Paul actually thinks about what should be law rather than what he wants to be law based on his personal beliefs. He's pretty legit in that regard.

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People think he's going to "trample abortion rights" when really he just opposes abortion at a personal level. There is no constitutional amendment that makes abortion illegal, so he won't prevent anyone from having one. He doesn't believe in gay marriage, but he doesn't think the federal government should step in and tell people who they can marry.

Right. It's sad how 100 years of tyrannical executives have conditioned us to believe that when a Presidential candidate says "I believe in X" he means "I will do absolutely everything within my power to ensure that my belief in X is forced upon the entire globe." Ron Paul may believe in things you don't, but he believes even more in your right to make those decisions for yourself, or to decide them at the local or state level rather than the federal level.

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SMuffin, I've been a Ron Paul supporter for about 5 years now. Never, ever did I think I'd be agreeing with you politically. Ron Paul must be some kind of miracle worker. Amazing what common sense can do...

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Ron Paul is against big government, meaning he is against every major gain we've made in workers rights over the last 100 years. Fair labor practices really only exist when government exists to stop companies from doing ****ty things. I believe RP is on the record as wanting to allow labor to organize so long as companies are allowed to do whatever they want (fire them all, for instance). A labor organization not backed by government is worthless.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/michele-bachmann-wins-ames-straw-poll-ron-paul/story?id=14298827

Well how bout that, an incredibly close second to a candidate who will most certainly self-destruct at some point in the future. Great news.

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SmartMuffin posted...
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/michele-bachmann-wins-ames-straw-poll-ron-paul/story?id=14298827

Well how bout that, an incredibly close second to a candidate who will most certainly self-destruct at some point in the future. Great news.

On my facebook feed, one of many Ron Paul pages was talking about how the headline said "Bachmann wins straw poll, Pawlenty finishes third." and how that shows the media's bias to snub out RP since he finished behind her with 1% less votes. Now that Pawlenty has dropped out, I wonder where his votes will go.

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